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PER I BAMBINI
When it comes to Halloween, these dogs are scaredy-cats
By Maverick and Darla Cannavo
It’s Halloween! We love this festa (fes-ta) holiday because mamma loves it! Here in the country mamma tells us non è così divertente (non a co-zee d-vair-tent-a) it’s not as much fun as it used to be and she doesn’t put up many decorazioni (dek-or-ah-zee-oh-nee) decorations because we are at the end of a long road and only a few kids come to say dolcetto o scherzetto (dol-chet-o o scare-zet-o) trick or treat. In Delaware, where she lived for many years, she told us she had almost 100 trick-or-treaters who would come to
her house.
She told us she and papà had the best decorations! They set up a graveyard and had scary life-size fantasmi (fahn-ta-smee) ghosts and folletti (foal-let-e) goblins which
were electronic so hanno mosso i loro corpi (ah-no mo-so e lor-o kor-pea) they moved their bodies and hanno fatto dei suoni orribili (ah-no fa-toe day soo-oh-nee or-e-be-lee) they made horrible sounds. Many kids did not want to walk through this to get a candy bar but most of them did. We also know our big sister Sara had a new costume every year. Mamma’s favorite was the sirena (see-ray-na) mermaid costume nonna bought for Sara.
It had a reg wig but that would not stay on Sara’s little head!
So, we were wondering why we have never worn costumes, and we asked Mamma to show us some we could wear just for fun. One was a country rider on a horse which would be good because we have a horse brother. Another was a banana which would almost match with my fur color. Then then was a costume di sicurezza (ko-stew-may
d see-cure-eh-za) security costume which would work for Darla since she is our first security alert when anyone comes near the house.
We would also both look cute in a prison costume because our porch has posts all around with a gate to keep us in. Several
times a day we also do una pattuglia della zampa (ooh-na pa-two-ye-ah del-la zahm-pa) paw patrol in our backyard and that would work too. And what would Halloween be without una zucca (ooh-na zoo-ka) a pumpkin! This is also a popular costume for dogs. Mamma told us she saw at least 40 trendy outfits for dogs on one site and erano tutti così carini (air-ah-no two-tea ko-zee ka-ree- nee) they were all very cute!
Alas, it is not to be. We will not wear any costumes because Darla is afraid of strangers and if we go out, I am afraid of other things. But we do wish all of you a buon Halloween! IAH
Mamma doesn’t put up as many decorations as she once did because we are at the end of a long road.
Sara la piccola sirena (Sara the little mermaid).
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